Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-15
REAGAN'S BILL,
Judge c. W. Cotton of Hamilton
County, Tex, Goes to the Ma
tionaI Capital for a Bride.
Senator Reagan Introduces a Bill to
Regulate immigration, Providing
for Inspectors at Ports of Entry.

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for Inspectors at Ports of Entry.
Senator Butler of South Carolina Intro
duces q Measure to Improve the Low
Water Navigation OF the Mississippi.
REAGAN's IMMIGRATION BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE bill in
troduced to-day by Senator Reagan to
regulate immigration authorizes the Sec
| Rotary OF the Treasury to appoint Din
spectors OF immigration" to be stationed
at such ports of entry as he may deem
proper, AMI tolreceive salary of s. per
day. The Secretary Is directed to draft
resolutions for the landing of passengers
and to protect them from imposition.
Power is conferred On the inspectors of
immigration to board vessels and remove
immigrants temporarily for the purpose of
ascertaining whether they are prohibited
to land under the act. All unfit persons
are to be kept under the surveillance Of
the collector OF the port until
returned to the country whence
they came, the expense of their return
to be borne by the owners Of the vessels
bringing them over. Before the immi-
grant shall be permitted to land the mas
ter OF the vessel shall produce certif-
este for each immigrant, certifying that
he is not exported for crime, is not
pauper, lunatic or idiot, not in charge OF
blood relations or authorized guardians,
is not an assisted immigrant and is not
under contract to labor in the United
States. A bond shall be gwen as guar
antee against the indiscriminate issuing
of certificate on the part of the steam
ship company. It is made unlawful for
any person interdicted by the provisions
OF the act to enter the United States or
for transportation company to bring
him to this country.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Senator Butler
introduced with slight amendments the
bill reported from the committee on the
improvement of the Mississippi river last
session and known as the Cowdon outlet
bill. It is entitled "a bill to make Lake
Borgne an outlet, to improve the low
water navigation of the Mississippi river
from New Orleans to Cairo, and incident
ally to retain and protect the low lands of
Mississippi from overflow without
levees.'
A TEXAN MARRIED.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-County Judge
Cotton of Hamilton county, Texas, and
Miss Fannie Rust of this city were mar.
ried here to-eSy and left for New York on
q bridal tour - o'ff.ss'szz as1sss
PosTMAsTERs' CONVENTION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE national
convention of third and fourth class post
masters have adopted the following as q
basis of bill to be hereafter formulated
and presented to Congress:
We recommend that the government
shall allow to postmasters Of third class
all revenue which NAV accrue from the
rent OF boxes in their offices. We also
recommend and request that the expense
of light and fuel shall be borne by the
government, believing as we do that
such an item of expense is properly
chargeable to the appropriation for
support and maintenance of the postal
service. We further recommend that the |
government allow to offices of third class
an amount sufficient to employ compe-
tent clerical force to properly conduct the
business of the Office.
1t is recommended that the expenses of
rent, light and fuel of fourth. class offices
be allowed by the government upon the
following basis: On salary of $50 per
year and not to exceed $3.50, SIS;
on salary of $3.50 per year
S35; on q salary exceeding $500 per
year, and not exceeding $500, SIS; on a
salary exceeding $500, and not to exceed
$3.50, 500; on so ary exceeding s75O, and
not to exceed $1,000, 800.
10 aIso that oIar1L b{ro
be allowed in separating offices, where
follows: One mail per week, $40 per
year; two mails per week, 500 per year;
three mails per week, $50 per year; one
mail daily, $50 per year; two mails daily,
500 per year; three mails daily, $3.50
per year; four mails daily. $3.50 per'year;
FIVE mails or more daily, $500 per year.
We recommend all railway postal
clerks be supplied with suitable govern
ment card on which to report to post
masters the amount of mail matter of all
classes that may abe deposited in
their cars, and that these cards
shall be addressed to the postmaster at
each and every Office where such mail
matter may be placed on trains, and that
the postmaster shall be entitled to take
credit in his quarterly report upon the
amount Of stamps cancelled, as reported
upon ssid cards. It recommends that no
postmaster receive less compensation
than $25 per year, and that fourth-clsss
postmasters receive 10 per cent. of the
first 500 of stamps Cancelled, 60 per cent
of the next 500, so per cent. Of the next |
5000 and 40 per cent. OF the balance until |
the commission amounts to $3.50, |
exclusive of box rents. 1t is recon-
mended that when the cancellations |
amount to $1,000 per fiscal year, or when
the gross receipts amount to $1,000 for |
any one year exclusive Of the money |
order business, 1t shall be declared third |
class Office.
The following resolution was also
Whereas, the law as it exists at the
present time in relation to the admission |
Of newspapers and other publications into
the mails as second.class matter is not
sufficient tOlprotect the government from
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